SpiderKitten reviewed Slights by Kaaron Warren
Review of 'Slights' on 'Goodreads'
3 stars
Slights is not your typical horror novel. Keenly paced and at times disturbing it is a fascinating insight into the mind of Stevie, a young woman who takes people to the brink of death in order to ask them, "What do you see?"
But the story itself is more than that. Murder plays only a minor role in this story. Instead it is a story of secrets and of memory. Its a story of family and a story of mental illness.
We see the world through Stevie's eyes, her fascination with death from a young age. We learn her secrets and the events from her childhood that may or may not have shaped her path. The images at time are disturbing and graphic, but each is well crafted and hits you right where it is meant to, leaving you feeling slightly uncomfortable.
Slights is a subtle kind of horror, and …
Slights is not your typical horror novel. Keenly paced and at times disturbing it is a fascinating insight into the mind of Stevie, a young woman who takes people to the brink of death in order to ask them, "What do you see?"
But the story itself is more than that. Murder plays only a minor role in this story. Instead it is a story of secrets and of memory. Its a story of family and a story of mental illness.
We see the world through Stevie's eyes, her fascination with death from a young age. We learn her secrets and the events from her childhood that may or may not have shaped her path. The images at time are disturbing and graphic, but each is well crafted and hits you right where it is meant to, leaving you feeling slightly uncomfortable.
Slights is a subtle kind of horror, and it gets under your skin. Sure, Stevie kills people but she never seems very malicious. The horror is Stevie's Dark Room, her mind, her afterlife.